The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-10 00:00:00

I i 1 B. ILIMI3VRaIi PAPERS. ANKS or THE ELBE, OCT. 28.—Yesterday the 'Arice-G,vern'ir of Hamburg!), Gen. DI.TPAti, set out for Holsteiri, from whence it is said he will march with the ruich corps under his command for Spain. Within this preser.t week between t and 20no French troops arrived every day at Hamburgh, coming from Holstein; after passing the night they cross the Elbe the following day, and march for Sp a i n. Some say the Prince of PONTE Coavo will also go t 0 Spain, but others assert that he will remain with Lis corps . in Hamburgh during the winter. The Vienna Court Gazette can no longer be ob i rained h ere, as well as the English Papers; the rea sonis said to' be because it contained a fair statement of occurrences in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Eng land, Which the present infernal French system of politics wish .to have concealed from public know ', ledg e. It. is reported that one of the decisions at the meetin g at Erfurth, has been to give the Duchy of Holstein to the Duke of Oldenburg!). The French tro °Ps now hastenie.g from Holstein to Spain ate ior-the most part transported in waggons. Another American ship under embargo in the river Elbe, will b e permitted to sail with passengers for Philadelphia; it is the Washington, Capt. I he corps of Marshal DAvOusT, the new made D, , or banizic, will, it is said, march through Hanov er t o Sp tin. Al l the Letters and Newspapers that came yester day from Vienna have been stopped at the French I) °st -office in Harnburgh, and are not yet distributed. What thw reason may be is not known, but instances of t his kind occur at present very frequently. It is rurnoured on the Exchange at Hamburgh to-day, th ht the Spanish army has obtained a signal viddry Over the French, and broken their line.--(From Me Leine dri Nord of Oct. 28 ) .13 41r° Nrs 1 2, OCT. I I .—Yesterday the Grenadiers of the Guard of his Majesty King JOSEPH NAPOLEON arrived here ; they set out this morning for Spain.— To-morrow the Chasseurs of the same guard will ar r i ve. • These troops came from Naples. Vi ENN`A,OCT. 12.—Prince KURAXIN having re ceived a Courier•froin Erfurth a few days since, re paired to the Emperor of Austria. This Monarch 'at present at Hollitsch, where he is taking the• atilusetnent of hunting. Among other couriers who h ave arrived, there has been one from Sicily, who ca rota . by the way of Trieste. Several French Couriers have also arrived here fro,- .i,;•Erfurth. - • st 4e t report which was circulated, that his Ma -. a e- th e Emperor of Russia will come to Vienna, 131)eY ars to be without foundation. LEIPZIG, OCT. 16.—His Majesty the King of t ax° nY arrived here yesterday evening at eight Bloc k. He enjoys the best health. OCT. 13.—The University of Jena as received f rom t h e E mperor N APOLEON t h e sum of 60,000 rix-dollars, for the re-ereEtion of the buildings of the academy, destroyed at the time of the battle of Jena. . Iv , W ElNtaa, OCTOBER 14.—T0-day, a day which 11 be eve r memora bl e to our c i ty s i nce t h e year 4 rive/6, his Majesty the E m p e ror o f R uss i a ar a " here, at two o'clock in the afternoon, with his b rother the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE. He - ` is escort e d by t h e c h asseurs o f t h e D u k e, an d a ti etachu rrent of hussars, together with some French d rg°c 'ns• The Princes of Baden arrived some time at . I \ vard s . th e ri ":.. 3 . 01 , THE MAINE, OCT. 15.—The Troops of h as s 'on of Alarshal IMORTIER, a part of which p as , , at se " through \Vurtzburgh, have been received otra s b urgh, under a triumphial arch, 'They have be en presented with crowns of laurel, and the City has splendidly regaled 4000 men every day. EAST INDIES. P RINCE OF WALES ISLAND INTELLIGENCE. 2d April, 1808. jtWe are ex t reme l y concer n e d. to learn that the A° ll ght which has prevailed for this fortnight past, es in a great measure destroy e d th e second crop of ii l q'Per.—Th e pearl fishery commenced at Arippo, l as ,. t he Island of Ceylon, on the 26th of February 3 the boats employed on this occasion amount to 0 , 4 200. W e h ave not as yet h eard whether the 7 has proved successful--A Chinese pa s s enger Pore has Tweed, lat e ly arr i ve d from 'Borneo, re ci, t 3 l that th e h ea d merc h ants o f the different Ra a„"fis?f Sambas, Mornparva, and Pontiana, are now, fill h a ve been for some time past, in the habit of d own brass and silver, for the purpose of mix er w ith th e go ld . d ust, w hi c h t h ey usually barter silverarticles purchased from European traders ,the tio is COloured by boiling it in a certain prepara ben• This insaccount for the great loss which has eZperienced gold dust sent from hence. Iliche intrepid Capt. DUNCAN, second son of Lord "nt DUNCAN/ of victorious' memory, is appoint e4 to tl le Mercury Frigate, in consequence of his exertions in the Mediterranean. un 4 he freedo m of the - City of' Dublin has been p anilTh plisly voted, and presented with an appro ate address, to that excellent Officer, Sir JOHN ill Al • P. • who is now-Seuior General Officer 'e2lnrrison of Dublin. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Nov. B.—The French Chasse Maree which arrived yesterday is Le Jean Baptiste, laden with wine and brandy, from Belleisle, bound to L'Orient, captured by the Emerald Frigate.—The Crew escaped in the Boat. Arrived the Theseus, of 74 guns, from the Chan nel Fleet ; the Alcmene Frigate, from the Eastward ; the Trompeuse Sloop of War, from Spain ; the Lilly Sloop of War, from a cruize ; and the Zgra Bomb, from. Lisbon. No news has transpired from either of those vessels. FALMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Arrived this day his Ma jesty's Ships L'Ainzalle and Resistance, from Qui beron, with twelve Transports under convoy, where they landed part of JUNOT'S army from Lisbon. The Lady Pellet() Packet, for Corunna, and the Prince of 'Pales Packet, for Jamaica, are detained by contrary wind. His Majesty's Brigs Cossack and Bonne Citoyerine were at St. Andero when the IP indsor Castle sailed. DEAL, Nov. 9.--Sailed his Majesty's Ships Viaor . y and Implacable, to the 'Westward. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship Centaur from the Downs, and the Strenuous from Guernsey. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Donegal to the West ward. YARMOUTH, NOV. g.—Arfivedhis Majesty's Ships Bellerophon, Minotaur, Majestic, Aboukir, Alexan dria, Safeguard, and Skylark, from a cruize. SWINDLING. (FROM THE MONITEUR OF OCT. 28.) COPENHAGEN, OCT. 8.---An article from Gotten burgh contains a remarkable trait of SWindling, which deserves to be made public, not only on ac count of its great boldness and adroitness, but in or der to put all Merchants upon their guard against a similar occurrence.—One of the first houses in Got tenburgh received a letter from London, in which they were requelted to instantly make the most di ligent inquiries to discover a young Englishman,who had just fled from the house of a rich banker, and who they knew had embarked on board a Ship freighted for Sweden. The description of the younce 3 man was given in this l e tt er , an d h e was d ec l are d the author of a robbery to the amount of t r.,0001. sterling in Bank Notes.—" If you should find him (said the letter), as he belongs to a respectable fami ly, confine yourself to the making him restore the plunder; and afterwards have the goodness to give him three hundred guineas in gold, which will take hiM to the Indies, where nothing more will be heard,: of• him." The Swedish Merchant, to whom this letter was addressed, caused a thorough search to be made on all sides; at last; being one day upon the Exchange, he perceived 'a young man whose figure and dress pertetly answered the description. He addressed him, and seeing that he was an English man, invited him to follow him. Tue young man hesitated, reddened, turned pale, even shed tears ; in a word, before he had arrived at the Merchant's house he had confessed all. Arrived in his closet, he threw himself at his feet, begged of him not to be delivered up to justice, and gave him the 12,0001. sterling, which was still inclosed in a port-folio,with the seal of the banker. The Swedish Merchant made many serious remonstrances to him, but, ac cording to his instruclions, gave him the 300 guineas, and promised to procure hurt a favourable opportu nity of going to Bengal. He made haste to inform the Banker in London that his 12,0001. were reco vered, who replied, that he did not understand what he meant. The Bank-notes were all forged, but the 300 guineas given to the sharper were good. We are happy to find that Sir JOHN CRADDOCK i 3 to have the command in Portugal : he is an Otficer of distinguished merit, and his conciliatory manners will, we have no doubt, render him particularly ac ceptable to the Portuguese. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY returned to London, from Ireland, on Tuesday. St. Domingo used to lurnish France with a mil lion and.a half of quintals-of sugar, and the whole consumption now of that article in, France does not exceed 150,000 quintals, but there' has been a corresponding rise in the duties. In 4102, raw sugars paid is francs per quintal, and in 1806 they paid 55 francs. The duty upon coffee in the same period was raised from 25 to 150 francs, and that upon tobacco from 33 to 200. The ob -jcas of taxation also have been changed, and the revenue formerly raised from articles of importation is now derived from the produce of the soil. The pretended improvement of the roads in France we believe to be a lt oget h er an empty bbast of BUONAPAETE j and this opinion is founded chief ly upon the vast disproportion in the prices of corn in the different departments of France, which would not exist were the facilities of conveying the pro duce of the soil from one to another, as great as they have been constantly represented in the official Ex posés of the Government. Flour, for instance, which sells at about eight francs per quintal in the department of the Lower Meuse, sells for 37 francs in the department of the Var ; so that it costs 29 francs to transport a quintal of flour from the Meuse to the Var, or near tour tirmis th e va l ue o f t h e ar ticle; whereas the greatest disproportion of the price of the quarter of wheat in England, is something between a third and a fourth part. Yesterday morning, the shop of Mr. Loring, Shoe- Maker, in Charles-street, Westminster, was broke open, and robbed of fifty pair of boy's shoes. A fine child, about n4je months old, was left at the door of Mr. Furnes r in Charlotte -street, be tween one and two o'clock yesterday morning, which was .discovered by Mr. F. sleeping. 'lt was carefully wrapped in blankets, with the sacking of a cot, the outside covering. It is a female inf-int, and no trace has been made of the unnatural parent. LORD .211/11'011:5 FES-I'lll7Y. • s This splendid Annual City Festival in by, a most beautiful and - propitious =min& ind the joyous Citizens were not disappointed ty . the magnificence displayed by their new LORD MAYott, whose liberality and a&ive exertions to make the - spelaele perfea and satisfaolory, have been un bounded and unwearied. At eleven o'clock all was bustle and preparations and the Loan MAYOR arrived at the Guildhall in the state coach, newly adorned for the occasion, and his fine set of white horses richly caparisoned, preceded by his servants in liveries of uncommon elegance of. style and richness of ornament. A - Guardsman in the complete suit of armour of WILLIAM the Con queror was restored to this ancient ceremony, after a lapse of some years, and seemed to delight the spec tators by his awful and imposing manner, character istic of ancient days. At twelve the whole procession moved from Guild hall to Blackfriars Bridge ; when the Loin) MAymt, Aldermen, Recorder, Sheriff's, and City Officers, embarked on board the new and stately City Barge; and they were joined by the several Companies in their respeLiive barges, and proceeded to West minster to most superb and correct order. On their arrival in the Exchequer Court, the RECORDER in a very forcible and elegant speech, presented the LORD MAYOR, and descanted with great ability on the integrity, independence, and gentlemanly qualities of his Lordship, and of the sure expodations of his fellow-citizens not being liable tp disappoint ment in his discharge of the duties he office: The Lotto CHIEF BARON replied with much elegance, pay ing sditable compliments to the new LORD MAYOR, and impressing _his Lordship with the eery important duties which would devolve on him. After visiting the several Courts of Law, they re turned in the same form to Guildhall. Aoout four o'clock Miss FLOWER, the eldest daughter of the LORD MAYOR, arrived as LADY MAYORESS, in the priVate carriage, accompanied by Mrs. CONIEE and her daughter, who, we understand, kindly offered to introduce her to her new and difficult situation. The youth and beauty of the LADY MAYORESS attraeled universal admiration—her youth beaming with - all the cheerfulness of innocence, and her beauty heightened by her elegant, amiable, and affable de, porttnem, was the general theme of praise and de light. Her Ladyship was habited with the most grace ful simplicity, and though profusely adorned with diamonds and pearls; her head-dress was the perfect " simplex munclitiis." Hex head-dress was beauti ful, a diamond tiara and ostrich feather, and the hair secured by a superb diamond comb. Her necklace, bracelets, and armlets, were of exquisite diamonds, tastefully arranged. Her dress was white crape over white satin, embroidered with silver oak border, white satin train, and satin shoes embroidered with silver. - About six o'clock the whole Party were assem bled, among whom we observed tne iodo,ving per sonages:— The Duke of Norfolk, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke'of Portland, Lord Camden; Lord Hawkesbury, Lord Mulgrave, Chancellor of the Exciiequer, the Right lion. George Can ning, Lord Sandwich, Lord Erskine, Lord Grandy, Lord Kinand, Sir T. B. Tnonison, Bart. Sir Andrew Harmnd, Bart k 01. Welch, Mr. SlVaitbil, Capt. Seale, the Governor of the Bank, tne Deputy Govt.rnor, all the Spa:iiih Depu ties; aid the Swedish and Neapolitan Ministers, with nutty Others of first consequence, whose names we do not re_ colic-et, and too numerous to mention. Mr. CANNING and the SPANISII DBPUTIES entered the Hall together; and, on being 'announced, the band played a favourite martial air, and the Hall rung with demonstrations 9f the sincerest welcome. The dinner was served up at half past six o'clock in a most elegant style, consisting of three courses. Fifteen hundred Ladies and Gentlemen, partook of the entertainment. The Ladies, in general, were in white muslin dresses, with spangled tiaras, or wreaths composed of flowers : beads round the neck Were very prevalent. We never remember to have wit nessed a more conspicuous display of female elegance and beauty; indeed, as a Thest-end beau observed, "-the City shone in splendour as the sun sunk in the West." After dinner, " the King," with 'three times three, was most rapturously drank and applauded, then followed" the Queen and Royal Family," after which the health of the " Spanish Deputies," was drank with extacy, and followed by repeated testi monials of sincere friendship and ardent affeetion. -- , -The Army and Navy were drank with universal applause. On the health of the late LOAD MAYOR being drank, he returned thanks id a neat speech, and proposed the health of his worthy successor. The LORD MAYOR then rose, and observed., that being called to the office he then had the ho nour to till, he conAidered to be the most honourable and flattering event of his - life, but he still hoped to witness a prouder day, and that would be, that'at the end of his career he might be honoured with the approbation of his fellow-citizens. He concluded by giving as a toast,—" The present Ministry ; thanks to them fur their meritorious exertions."— This toast was received with the most unbounded approbation from all pans of the Hall. ," God save the King," and " Rule Britannia," by DIGNUM and GIBBON, were sung with great effett, and chorussed by the company. The Hall was most superbly illuminated with many thousand small lamps, diversified. with great taste round the pillars, and hung in festoons at the hustings. Where the LORD NIA YOR and Nobility sat, were two elegant Croits and G. R. At the Sheriffs' hustings were the Prince's Feathers, and in the middle of the Hall was a large chandelier, , formed as a balloon with a car, with naval and ;nili tary flags flying from it. _ The King's Bench Court, which formerly was.set apart for extra company, was superbly illuminated, and the large folding doors thrown open, which had a very fine effed in going up the steps from the large Flail. The dinner was served up in great plenty, and the wines were excellent and in great abun dance. Several of the company retired about nine o'clock, when the LADY MAYORESS, and the other Ladies, retired to the Gland Council Chamber, where the Ball was opened by Alderman AINSLY (the late Lord Mayor) and the LADY MAYORESS (MISS FLOWER, the eldest daughter of the LORD MAYOR). The first dance was to the tune of Sir David Hunter Blair. The company did not depart till, a late hour. WILLIAM FITZGERALD, Esq. M. P. and Mr. LAWLER, a Gentleman of considerable property in Cork, have joined the Spanish army under General BLAE.E ft as volunteers. •• :If ;7, :77 el' COURT OF CHANCtaIr, i s sf. 9, : JONES V. AXE. The Plaintiff ar:.l befendant- were the Exe2t: under the .Mrs. Ma. hers, who left fier, property to them in etteA moieties.. The Delend:,4.itt had the general direaicii and management Of the Testatrix's aftit;rs for many years previous to her dcath, and a Bill had been filed by the Plaintiff foi a discovery of attains, aed an account of the ac tions of the Ilefendaat in the manage nent of them; The Defendant gave in answers, which were re} ferred to the Master, on the head of insufficiency '; the Defendant submitted to answer the exceptions ; an amended Bili. was then filed, to which miswert were given in, which were again referred to thei Master, on the ground of impertinence ; the. Mask r reported that certain parts of the answer were imPe: - = tinent ; and the question now came before the Court on exceptions to the Master's Report. The first exception taken by the Defendant Was, to. that part of the Master's Report, which finds that a long statement given by: the Defendant, of conversa tions between him and the Testatrix, relative to.sQm9 alledged causes of displeasure entertained'. by her against the Plaintiff, should be exputigedtkooi the answer, as impertinent, and therefore scandalous. Mr. RionAuns, Sir S. RotereeY, and Mr. BELIt.. in support of the 'Master's Report, argued that at answer must be impertinent, in as fares it containeci matter not tending to meet the- Cf+Se of the Plaintiff':. to support the case of the Defendant ; - or, not called - for in the Bill. The statement here ordered to be expunged was in neither of these three situations. The Bill charged the Defendant with having alledged the intention of the Testatrix, in consequence of a supposed displeasure against the Plaintiff, to execute. a codicil, which should deprive him of the right to bring the Defendant to account for a debt due by tho Defendant to the. Testatrix, and called on him to answer as to the truth of this allegation ; but instead . of doing so, the Defendant had contented himself, with putting on the record a number of scandalous` imputations against the Defendant, altogether im pertinent to the question, and which could be alene calculated to gratify his spleen against the Plaintitf, and to burden him with exorbitant expence, by loao - the Record with extraneous and unpri,fitablai matter. Mr. FONBLANQUE and Mr. WINGFIELD, argued in favour of the exception, contending that the in stances sworn to in the answer, on oCCOSIOD of which the Defendant had witnessed the Testatrix express her displeasure at the Plaintiff, followed naturall)i from the call made on the Defendant in the Bill, to say, if the Testatrix had aC - tually expressed an intention to release the Defendant from any debt, be might owe to her, which intention she had form 4 ed in consequence of being displeased with the Plaintiff. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought, there was a great part of the statement in question impel - linen!. He was not satisfied, however, that it was altogether so ; and should therefore look into the Bill and an swer before he determined on this point. The other exception was to a part of the report, by which the Master found that an amended sent dule was impertincni, in . as Iltr as it contained a statement of accounts exadtly the same with ode already on the record, except in sonic trifling word in the entry, while at the same time, .it was on Luc!! whole calculated to give exa&ly a different repre sentation of every feature of the transadions from that furnished in the original schedule. Mr. RICHARDS, Sir S. ROMILLY, and Mr., Bc . i.:, conceived this to be a question of the highest import ance ; for it the practice were sanctioned, it would afford thethost effeaual engine for opple,sion with which any litigant in that Court had been or could be. assailed. It would only be necessary for a par . ).- to make verbal alterations on particular articles in an. insufficient answer, and by repeating every other word, fad, and account formerly stated, load 1)),(1 record in such a manner as to deprive bis opponent of the means of redress by the expence attendant on procuring copies of the proceedings thus unnecessa rily in the present case the attempt N4Y attended by circumstances of a peculiar kind; for while the items of the account seemed only to vary in some trifling word, the amended schedule gave a negative to every word stated by the Defendant in the former answer and schedule. In the former schedule an ac count was given of different purchases made by the I): - fendant for Testatrix, of stock, of commission charged - thereon for his trouble, payments of the dividends arising thereon, &c. treating the whole as real i;ona fide and actual sales and purchases ; whereas, trots the amended schedule, though the tad was not orti ly and candidly expressed in as many words, it was obvious that these transactions were altogether tiati tious and imaginary, the memorandums handed to the Testatrix', and the dividends paid to her half • yearly, being mere deceptions, practised on her tor the sake of, concealment. There was in the volu minous schedule given in only one real purchase of stock described and' therefore to have answered pertinently and properly to this part of the case, it would have been sufficient for the Delentlani to say, that, with the exception of that one trans4.tion, the whole of the schedule, formerly exhibited by him upon oat h, was a fabrication, and held out an ap pearance of transactions which never had any exist ence, but were calcUlated solely for the purpose of deceit and imposture, Mr. FONBLANO.LJE and Mr. W ' INGFIELD though • they did not pretcnd, to vindicate the conduct of tife Dcfendant in this respeO, submitted that this was not the questi,n now to be considered; but-simply, whether the schedule was subject . to the charge of impertinence. They argued that it was not so; that it was hardly possible to amend a schedule so clearly by giving explanations of the partiaar Articles to be amended, as by giving it of new in a corrected state. Prolixity and detail Were if possible to be avoided; but they were at all (jaws preferable to obsCurity and concealment. _ The LORD CHANCELLOR could not hut express his regret at the coridua of manyversont on the Stock Exchange, who seemed to think themselves equally entitled to deal in artificial sales of stock, as it they were real and bona fide transactions. It was, however, with still deeper concern that he so fre quently witnessed persons entrusted- - With the con cerns of others so dead to every feeling of 'duty, of hone Sty, and good faith, as to pradise on the coof - deuce of thoSe for whom they acted; to alledge -that they had made purchases of stock for them, CLII , ,r i;